Jay Maynor charged with murder of sex offender Raymond Earl Brooks who molested his daughter - Polidicks

[QUOTE][B]A MAN has been charged with killing the man who molested his daughter more than a decade ago.[/B] Jay Maynor, 41, was charged by the [URL="http://www.cullmansheriff.org/"]Cullman County Sheriff’s Office[/URL] with shooting dead Raymond Earl Brooks, 59, a registered sex offender who was living with his parents in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullman,_Alabama"]Cullman, Alabama[/URL], [URL="http://www.cullmantimes.com/breakingnews/x1396881180/Cullman-man-charged-with-murder-in-Berlin-shooting"]reported the Cullman Times[/URL]. Brooks was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree in 2002 in a case involving Maynor’s eight-year-old daughter. Brooks was allegedly shot several times by Maynor, who was on a motorcycle. Maynor is accused of opening fire outside Berlin Plaza Quick Stop before the alleged killing when he saw a man who has been dating his stepdaughter, said Chief Deputy Max Bartlett. The intended victim got away by running into the store and hiding. “We responded to the Berlin Plaza Quick Stop where witnesses told deputies a male subject pulled up on a motorcycle before shooting the store’s window. After the would be victim was able to elude the shooter, the suspect then drove off and went to the residence of Raymond Earl Brooks,” sheriff Mike Rainey said in a press release. Investigators are investigating if there is any connection between Brooks and the man who escaped. The father and Brooks “obviously didn’t have a whole lot of good blood between them,” but it was unknown whether the shooting was directly linked to the sex abuse case, Bartlett added. “It is odd. He apparently had a lot of stressors going on in his life,” Bartlett said. Documents show Maynor was a witness against Brooks in a sexual abuse case involving his daughter in 2001. Police said the girl was eight at the time, but court records state she was seven. Brooks pleaded guilty to sexual abuse in 2002 and initially was sentenced to five years in prison but later received probation, records show. He finished paying $2,946 in restitution and costs in 2009. Maynor also was charged with attempted murder and shooting into an occupied building. He is being held in custody.[/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.news.com.au/world/jay-maynor-charged-with-murder-of-sex-offender-raymond-earl-brooks-who-molested-his-daughter/story-fndir2ev-1226949489075[/URL]

Wow, they're actually trying to understand his motives. I guess when they have at least one contributing factor that is that clear, they can dispense with the creepy B.S. profiling shit.

I'd like to know if the first person he shot at and the man he killed were the same or somehow connected.

I'm not a big fan of vigilante justice, but I don't think there was much of a loss to society through Maynor's actions.

[quote]Raymond Earl Brooks, 59, a registered sex offender who was living with his parents [/quote] What is this even.

I'm usually heavily against murder no matter what, but given the fact that this man has every right to be overcome by rage, I can see why this happened. But still, choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing the evil.

Murder is murder, and he shouldn't be able to get away with it without even so much as a trial. But there's maybe a handful of people in this world who don't understand the pain this man has. These are some seriously mitigating circumstances and imo he shouldn't be 'fully' punished.

The problem here is, no matter the size of the sentence you slam this guy with, he still would have done it. The punishment here is pretty meaningless. Sounds like he needed support coping with the molestation of his daughter, which he wasn't given properly - unsurprising.

[QUOTE=Bradyns;45056355]I'm not a big fan of vigilante justice, but I don't think there was much of a loss to society through Maynor's actions.[/QUOTE] Possibly the only case of vigilante justice I can agree with is when a german doctor was found guilty for the murder of a girl but germany refused bringing him to France as he had already been tried once (and found not guilty on the first try, it was later DNA tests that revealed he was in fact guilty), so the father hired a contract killer/bounty hunter to get the doctor in Germany, kidnap him and drop him tied up in front of a French police department. And that specific case is the only I agree with because the father and the hired guy are still getting tried for having arranged the whole kidnapping.

The source isn't clear on what actually happened. The start of the article states he killed the sex offender but the latter part says he is being held for attempted murder and that the victim survived by running into the store.

It could have been worse if his random shooting into a store killed bystanders. Or even when he was just doing the drive by to begin with.

[QUOTE=Cloak Raider;45056763]The problem here is, no matter the size of the sentence you slam this guy with, he still would have done it. The punishment here is pretty meaningless. Sounds like he needed support coping with the molestation of his daughter, which he wasn't given properly - unsurprising.[/QUOTE] He should still be punished. The law is the law and he is no exception just because he disagrees with another human being (and just because you sympathize with him doesn't make it any more right).

[quote]Maynor also was charged with [U]attempted murder[/U] and shooting into an occupied building. He is being held in custody.[/quote] How is it attempted if the victim dies? I really don't get the US justice system.

[QUOTE=Tamschi;45057123]How is it attempted if the victim dies? I really don't get the US justice system.[/QUOTE] That's a different person who didn't die

[QUOTE=Tamschi;45057123]How is it attempted if the victim dies? I really don't get the US justice system.[/QUOTE] The attemped murder is for shooting at the boyfriend at the Quick Stop. The article is confusing. There's two victims, Brooks(the molester) and the daughters boyfriend. He only murdered Brooks though.

I won't be surprised if he only gets third degree (which in Australia is manslaughter) murder and a suspended sentence.

Shame. Rage overwhelms people, and in this situation, it's understandable. Not acceptable. Not forgivable. Understandable. His crime cannot be deterred, it is one of passion, as other people have said, slapping him with a huge sentence gets us nowhere, but he does need to go to jail for his actions and breaking the law. I'd blame bad mental healthcare for letting this kind of thing get out of control, but i'm not sure if that would always work for all situations. Sometimes this shit would just happen anyways.

tbh i'd do the same if somebody ever did that to my kid

This ought to be tried as a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_passion]Crime of Passion[/url] No one should go to jail for protecting his or her children.

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;45057559]Shame. Rage overwhelms people, and in this situation, it's understandable. Not acceptable. Not forgivable. Understandable. His crime cannot be deterred, it is one of passion, as other people have said, slapping him with a huge sentence gets us nowhere, but he does need to go to jail for his actions and breaking the law. I'd blame bad mental healthcare for letting this kind of thing get out of control, but i'm not sure if that would always work for all situations. Sometimes this shit would just happen anyways.[/QUOTE] No, don't blame "bad mental health care". Facepunchers act as if everyone who experiences something awful is forced to receive Mental Health care in America which is not the case. Also, Mental Health professionals can't prevent everything and its disrespectful to them and myself to insinuate that one person who was off his rocker doing something bad is squarely to blame on us not being good at our jobs.

[QUOTE=Telepethi;45058573]This ought to be tried as a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_passion]Crime of Passion[/url] No one should go to jail for protecting his or her children.[/QUOTE] They probably should be sent to jail for killing somebody.

[QUOTE=Telepethi;45058573]This ought to be tried as a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_passion]Crime of Passion[/url] No one should go to jail for protecting his or her children.[/QUOTE] But it happened more than a decade ago.

[QUOTE=Telepethi;45058573]This ought to be tried as a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_of_passion]Crime of Passion[/url] No one should go to jail for protecting his or her children.[/QUOTE] It probably won't happen. The prosecution will argue it was premeditated, seeing how he attempted to murder someone and then willingly drove to another location to murder someone else. Crime of passion is a spur of the moment thing. Come home to a cheating spouse or a heated argument kinda deal. He showed intent by driving out to Brook's home. That's murder.

[QUOTE=Satansick;45058642]But it happened more than a decade ago.[/QUOTE] So after a certain time period, its fine to do something differently? No

[QUOTE=maxumym;45056368]What is this even.[/QUOTE] How can his parents live with the fact that their son is a registered sex offender :x

[QUOTE=CaptainObvious1;45059022]So after a certain time period, its fine to do something differently? No[/QUOTE] I think he meant that he wasn't really doing it to protect his daughter at this point, it was more for the sake of revenge. (I would assume)